Combined metal frame and closure



W. H. AND E. M. CAPELLEN. COMBINED METAL FRAME AND CLOSURE. APPLICATIONnun Auc.2e. 1919.

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COMBINED MET/xi. FRAME AND CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.26. I919.

' Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

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WILLIAM H. GAPELLEN AND EARLE M. GAIPELLEN, OF MORGAN TOWNSHIP, FRANK-LIN COUNTY, IOWA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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. Application filed August 26, 1919. Serial No. 319,900.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM ii. UAPEL- LENand EARLE M. GAPELLEN, citizens of the United States of America, andresidents of Morgan township, Franklin county, lowa,

have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Combined MetalFrames and Closures, of which the following is a specification.

w Our invention relates to improvements in combined metal frames andclosures, and the object of our improvements'is to furnish a metallining frame for a wall opening, and a metal closure for the opening ofthe frame,

both integrally reinforced and otherwise supported for permanentconstruction.

This object we have accomplished by the means which are hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and which are illustrated in the acgo companyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of a wallconstructed of bricks or blocks, showing a wall opening supplied withour improved lining frame and combination two-part metal doors; Fig. 2is an enlarged horizontal section of one of the blocks forming a part ofthe j amb for said opening; Fig. 3 is an elevation of a like liningframe combined with a pair of metal doors hinged to the opposite noparts of said frame; Fig. 4; is'an enlarged horizontal section of ajamb-block and a modified form of lining frame secured thereon; Fig. 5is an outside elevation of our lining frame as constructed to line awall opening for a window; Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal section of ablock or jamb showing another modified form of lining frame fixedthereon; Fig. 7 is a vertical cross section of a hollow tile sillsupplied with our an improved lining frame, and Fig. 8 is a modifiedform of the same; Fig. 9 is a perspective fragmentary detail viewshowing the spread apart joint of the flanges of a bent lining frame,and Fig. 10 is a similar view, a5 including the gusset connections forsaid spread apart joints.

taimilar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The lining frame for either a door or window opening and a wall isconstructed as follows:

An elongated plate of metal of the requisite thickness, is first cut orslitted crosswise as from opposite edges a short distance, with theslits alined transversely, and then the longitudinal marginal parts 2 ofthis plate 1 are bent in the same direction at right angles from theface of the plate, and then the plate parts 1 are bent transversely in60 line with the slits to spread apart the flanges 2 angularly at thelocation of said slits 3 as shown in said Fig. 9. The parts of theflanges 2 adjacent to the open or spread apart joints 3 are suppliedwith a number as of rivet holes at, and gusset plates 5 are placed tocover said joints. The gusset plates are then fixedly secured to theflanges 2 by means of rivets 6 passed through holes in the gusset platesand through the alined holes 1 in said flanges. This affords a verylight but rigid lining frame for the wall opening, and for a door liningframe such as shown in Fig. 3, and not having a sill, the lining framehas a sill covering part omitted.

In the type of door opening shown in Fig. 1, and in the window openingshown in Fig. 5, the outwardly troughed lining frame is of therectangular closed type including the part covering the sill. Theopposite flanges 2 and 3 are secured to the adjacent part of the wall 15by a cross bolt 7 passed therethrough and through a joint of the wall,and provided with a fastening nut 16. The web part 1 of the lining framemay be longitudinally crimped outwardly at 8 and 9 as shown in Fig. 2,which reinforces and strengthens the frame and one or more of saidprojecting crimps serve as so backing or abutments for a door such asthe double flap door 10-13 displayed in Fig. 1 swinging on hinges 14mounted on one of the jamb parts of the frame and in which the flaps arearranged one above another, or where the flaps 17 and 18, as shown inFig. 3, are independently hinged to opposite j amb-parts of the frame,side by side, to swing toward each other with their free edges securedin closed position by a hasp 19. The door flaps are made of metal, suchas sheet iron, are preferably provided with a plurality of parallelspaced crimps 11 of V or other section, to stiffen and strengthen them,and the flaps are additionally supported by means of cross-bars 12 whichmay 4 be angle-bars, as shown, or of other well known shapes.

In the lining frame modification shown in Fig. 4, one of thelongitudinal crimps 20 is 110 formed on the flange 2 and serves as adoor sto l ii the lining frame for window-sash, shown in Fig. 6, thelongitudinal crimps 23 and 24 are turned inwardly toward the jamb andlintel as both reinforcing and spacing means. That part of the liningframe which is mounted about the sill block 15, as shown in Fig. 7, isoffset at 25, providing a drainage slope 26, and in the variation shownin Fig. 8, said drainage slope 26 is carried outwardly from the sill,then bent reversely down at 27 and 28 to supply a ledge for deliveringdrippings beyond the wall.

The type of double flap doors, shown in Fig. 1, is suitable for astable, while the type shown in Fig. 3 may be used in a garage or otherstructure.

The window sash 21-22 fit within the web 1 of the lining frame andagainst the longitudinal stop 9.

The lining frame and the doors shown may be considerably varied in formand dimensions and yet be within the scope of our invention whichcontemplates the provision of these parts for convenient assemblage withthe wall openings of buildings.

Having described our invention, what we claim as'new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A lining frame for a wall opening, consisting of an elongated platebent at places to inclose the adjacent parts of the wall, andlongitudinally crimped to provide a plurality of differently directedclosurestops which are respectively directed parallel with, and at anangle to said wall.

2. A lining frame and closure for a wall opening, consisting of a metallining for the parts of the wall bounding said opening, having aplurality of differently positioned and directed longitudinaloutwardly-projecting crimps, a metal closure swingingly mounted on saidlining to close its opening and formed with numerous parallel stiffeningintegral crimps.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 7th day of Aug, 1919.

WILLIAM H. CAPELLEN. EAR-LE M. CAPELLEN.

